rictus in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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(fixed) grin, rictus
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His mouth is pulled into a sharp-toothed rictus.
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The glazed look had taken on a rictus-like quality.
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There were dark thoughts behind our rictus grins.
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Beneath the politeness, kooky accent and painted-on rictus faces lies a darkness: a darkness which from time to time erupts in displays of inhuman beastliness.
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When one journalist entered the room, the children, ages 4 or 5, turned around with rictus grins and bowed, singing all the while.
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He rants and rails, open-mouthed in a rictus of agony.
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He gave me a rictus grin, and moved on to my love life.
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The cameras were only interested in the reaction of one man, perspiring and rictus-grinned in the crowd behind them.
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His face is contorted in a rictus of agony.
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A brief pause, but then he was greeted by that famous rictus grin, and a big laugh from the other guests.
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